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y separately published work icon Death Ex Machina single work   novel   crime   historical fiction  
Is part of The Athenian Mysteries Gary Corby , 2013 series - author novel (number 5 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Death Ex Machina
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'Athens, 459 BC: It’s the time of the Great Dionysia, the largest arts festival of the ancient world, held each year in honor of Dionysos, the god of wine. But there’s a problem: A ghost is haunting Athens’s grand theater. Nicolaos and the priestess Diotima, his clever partner in sleuthing (and now in matrimony), are hired to exorcise the ghost, but secretly suspect that a human saboteur is operating behind the scenes.

'Then one of the actors is found hanged from the machine used to carry actors through the air when they play the part of gods. It’s quite a theatrical murder. As Nico and Diotima dig into the actor’s past, they discover enough suspects to fill a theater. As the festival approaches and pressure mounts on all sides, can they hunt down the killer in time? Or will they simply have to hope for a deus ex machina?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      Soho Press ,
      2015 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 2015.
      ISBN: 9781616955199
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  • 459 CE
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